The UK government has unveiled its long-awaited review (PDF) of the risk the UK faces from heavy rain and flooding. Prompted by severe flooding during the wettest December on record…
Rising sea levels and growing coastal populations could put millions of people in the US at risk of flooding, a new study suggests. Sea level rise of 1.8m could inundate…
Linking extreme rainfall, flooding and climate change in the recent UK deluges – a report by Nick Reynard, the Science Area Lead for Natural Hazards at the UK’s Centre for…
A new study shows how heavy rainfall and high water levels combine to cause “compound flooding” resulting in increased flood risk for many major US cities in the last century,…
Flood damages across Europe as the climate warms are likely to be considerably higher than previously thought, according to new research, reports Roz Pidcock for Carbon Brief. Without efforts to…
The central US is experiencing flooding more often now than it was 50 years ago, new research shows. The study across 14 states finds rivers over much of the region…
A new study says that the forecasting of heavy rain and floods could be improved by examining water vapour. It is hoped that this approach means that flood warnings could…
